Cotton-stalk puller and cutter.



J; E. @L H. J. HUBERT. .COTTON STALK FULLER AND GUTTER.

- APPLIUATION FILED MAY 29, 1914. L1 10,785. Patented sept. 15, 1914.

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J. B., & H. J. HUBERT. COTTON STALK FULLER. AND GUTTER.

APYLIUATION FILED MAY 29.1914.

Patented Sept. 15, 1914.

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/0 I U Q 57( 1|@ 5 v TED sTATEs PATENT oEjEicE.

JOHN E. HUBERT AND HENRY J. HUBERT, OF COOPER, TEXAS.

COTTON-STALK FULLER. ANU CUTTER.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that we, JOHN E. HUBERT and HENRYJ. HUBERT, citizens of the United States, residing at Cooper, inthe county of Delta and State of' Texas, haveinvented a new and useful Cotton-Stalk Puller and Cutter; and we do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a new and useful cotton stalk puller and cutter.

An ob]- ect of the invention is the provision of a -machine of this nature comprising a frame mounted upon traction wheels and provided with a revoluble stalk puller tri-y angular in cross section, each corner of which is provided with stalk pulling teeth. This revoluble stalk puller has a gear at one end having gear connections with one of the traction wheels, and is designed to revolve twice as fast as the gear which is carried by one of said wheels, so that said teeth will firmly grip the stalks, and owing` to the fast revolution of the puller quick pulling actions are imparted upon the stalks extracting them from-the ground, and tending in some instances to cut the stalks.

Another feature of the invention is the provision of a pair of rollersI having gear connections with one ci the traction wheels, and between which rollers the stalks are deflected by means of a shield, whereby the same are cut in small pieces.

1n practical fields the details of construction may be subjected to alterations, falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combinations of parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings z-Figure 1 is a plan view of a cotton stalk puller and cutter. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan. view. Fig..

4 is a detail perspective view of the revoluble stalk puller. Fig. 5 is a detail View of the shield or hood.

Referring more especially to the drawings, 1 designatesarame, which is U-shaped in plan view, in the ends 2 of which the angular ends 3 of the arched axle 4 have bearings. A tongue or pole 5 is fastened to the arch of said arched axle by means of a hooked bolt 6, which is carried by the tongue Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 29, `1914.

Serial No. 841,807'.

or pole. Brace rods 7 are connected to the tongue, and their rear ends have eyes which receive the angularends of the arched axle. Upon the angular ends of the axle, traction wheels 8 and 9 are loosely mounted. :Mounted in bearings 10 of the lower part of the frame 1 adjacent its ends 2 are the pintles of the revoluble cotton `stalkpuller 11. One pintle ot this revoluble puller has a gear 12, meshing with a gear 13 which revolves with and is carried by the traction wheel 8, so as to impart `motion to the revoluble puller in the direction of the arrow a. The revoluble puller is triangular in cross section, as shown,and upon the flat faces 1a plates 15 are adjustably bolted, as shown at 16. These plates are provided with series of teeth 17 ofthe shape shown, which are bent, and not only disposed at angles to the bodies of said.'

plates, 'but are also disposed at angles to the fiat surfaces of the revoluble puller. These teeth are disposed* adjacent the corners of the puller and extend beyond the same, and

owing to the adj ustability of the plates, said teeth may be adjusted farther outwardly from said corners or inwardly. The purpose of making the revoluble puller triangu lar in cross section is to permit the teeth to have a great pulling action upon the stalks, and furthermore to prevent the cotton stalks or the like from being dislodged from between the teeth, which would be the case rThe roll 19 is more of an impression roller -lthan a cuttinor roller and is mounted 1n the franiel. The roller 19- has" longitudinal grooves 2() to receive the cutting knives or blades 21 ol the roller 18, which is mounted 1n bearings 22 rising upwardly from the trarne 1. The ends 23 of the cutting and impression rollers 1S and 19 have gear connections 24- and 25. rl`he end 26 of the roller 18 has a sprocket wheel 27, which has a sprocket chain connection 28 with the Patented Sept. 15, 1914. I

rows are imparted to the rollers 18 and 19,.

thereby cutting or chopping the stalks as they are pulled. Some of the stalks as they are pulled by the'revoluble puller are cut or severed before they .reach the rollers 18 and 19. Secured tothe under portions of the sides of the frame 1 is a blade 30 having a series of teeth 31, with which the teeth .of the revoluble puller intermeslnso 'as kto remove the stalks from the teeth of the puller, in other words, clean the same. A semicylindrical shield or hood constructed of sheet metal and-designated by the `numeral 32 is provided with ears 33 bolted at 34C to the bearings 22 isarranged as shown in the drawings. This hood or shield curves upwardly and forwardly toward thcl tongue or ipole,v and has slots 35, through which the vertical portions 36 of the arch of the aXle extend. yThe forward portion of the shield or hood terminates inv a roll 36, through which a wire in which a wire 37is arranged. This wire or rod 37 has angular ends 38, the extremities of which are bolted at 39 to the ends of the sides of the frame 1, and constitute braces or reinforcing rods between the shields or hood and said frame. The rear portion of the frame 1 has a bearing 40, in which a rod 41 is adjustably mounted b v `means of a set screw K12. The lower end of the rod l1 terminates in a fork 43, in bearings of which a caster wheel 4ta is mounted, designed to engage the ground or soil, for the purpose of steadyingtlie machine as it moves forwardly. As the machine moves forwardly the stalks are pulled or extracted from the ground by means of the revoluble member or puller, some of them being cut at the same time, andare then thrownbetween the rollers 18 and 19, where they are isv claimed as new and useful is 1. A stalk .puller and chopper comprising a frame, traction wheelsl therefor, a revoluble puller mounted in bearings of .said frame, said puller being triangular' in cross section and provided with plates upon its fiat surfaces having teeth projecting gbeyond and adjoining `the Vcorners of the triangular shaped puller, a tooth bladesecured to the frame with which the teeth of the revoluble puller intermesh, and ineans of vconnection between said revoluble puller, with one of the Copies of this patent may be obtained Afor five cents"each,by.addresslng Washington, IL GL.

traction wheels for imparting revoluble motion to the puller. v

, 2. In a cotton stalk puller and chopper,

frame, traction wheels therefor, choppingv rollers mounted on the frame, a revoluble,l

of the traction wheels, and gear connections between the .puller and the other traction wheel.` n H m 3. In a cotton stalk pullerlandY chopper, a frame, traction wheels therefor, a revoluble stalk puller and cutter mounted in bearings of said frame, said puller comprising a body member triangular [in cross section, plates adjustably secured-tothe flat faces ofthe triangular body and having teeth projecting beyond and adjoining the corners of the tri# angular body, and gear connections between the revoluble puller and-one of the traction wheels to'impart motion thereto. j

a. ln a cotton stalk puller and chopper, a frame, traction wheels therefor, .chopping rollers mounted on the frame, 4a revolublel stalk puller and cutter mounted in bearings of said frame, said puller comprising abod'y member triangular incross section, plates `adjustably. secured to the flat faces of the triangular bodyand having teeth-projecting beyond and adjoining the corners of the triangular body, a blade secured to the under portion yof thefranie vhavingxteeth mesh, gear connectionsbetweenlthe chop- Vwith which the teeth of said plates interping rollers andone of the traction wheels, f

and gear connections between the puller and the other traction wheel, a -shield .or hood` lmounted on the frame and arching for wardly, the teeth of the plateson the puller eing disposed' angles to plates.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names tothis specification in the .presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

JOHN E. HUBERT.

lWitnesses F. H. CAMPBELIL.,y v MATTIE MCBURNETT;

the Commissioner ofiyatents HENRY J. HUBERT.

the body ofv ,the 

